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S.Africa ends special deal for Zimbabwe migrants

by Reuters

Thu, Sep 02, 2010

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa will stop at the end of the year a special deal granted to thousands of Zimbabweans, who were allowed to enter Africa's largest economy without documents, a cabinet spokesman said on Thursday.

Zimbabwe firm builds diamond polishing, cutting centre

Zimbabwe firm builds diamond polishing, cutting centre

by AFP

Wed, Sep 01, 2010

MOUNT HAMPDEN, Zimbabwe — A diamond firm operating from Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields has begun constructing a multi-million dollar cutting and polishing centre in the country, officials said Tuesday.

Columns : Business , Financial and Property Indaba

Mugabe incites Nigel Chanakira to sieze Miekles

by ZIMEYE

Tue, Aug 31, 2010

Harare-Robert Mugabe on Saturday incited Zanu PF businessman Nigel Chanakira to apply the controversial indigenisation law in order to end the shareholding dispute he is having with John Moxon over Meikles Africa.

Zimbabwe secures 50 million dollar loan to revive economy

by AFP

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

Zimbabwe has secured a 50-million-dollar (39.3-million-euro) loan facility from the Africa Export Import Bank to revive its agriculture and manufacturing industries, the bank said Monday.

Zimbabwe's Central Bank to lay off 85 per cent of staff: minister

by Staff reporter and agencies

Sun, Aug 29, 2010

Harare - Zimbabwe's bankrupt central bank is to retrench 85 per cent of its bloated staff complement to help it move back into the black and function as a reliable national bank, according to Finance Minister Tendai Biti.

Zimbabwe central bank reinstates licences of three closed banks

Sun, Aug 29, 2010

APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has reinstated the licences of three commercial banks it closed six years ago after the financial institutions ran into financial problems, APA learns here Sunday.

Columns : Mining and Industry Indaba

International Diamond Expert Says Zimbabwe Could Top Diamond Producers

by VOA

Wed, Sep 01, 2010

The expert said projections based on mining activities by two companies in the area show that Zimbabwe can produce 40 million carats of diamonds per year and earn about US$ 2 billion.

Platinum miners reap rich dividends

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

LONDON (Commodity Online): Platinum miners are on a song this year with their profits scaling new heights.

Zimbabwe sets up state mineral exploration company

by Staff reporter and agencies

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

Zimbabwe said Monday it was setting up a state mineral exploration company to identify and value all the country's mineral resources

Zimbabwe’s Nango stands by Nomination of Farai Maguwu as Kimberley Process Diamond Certification Scheme as Local Focal Point

by Staff reporter and agencies

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

Zimbabwe’s National Association of Non Governmental Organisations (Nango) says it is not moved by statements by Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Obert Mpofu, over Nango’s nomination of Farai Maguwu as the Kimberley Process local focal point person.

Columns : Takeoff Africa: Aviation and Travel Indaba

News : Human rights and abuse

Rights activist wants abductors exposed

Rights activist wants abductors exposed

by Zimonline

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

HARARE – Prominent Zimbabwean human rights defender Jestina Mukoko wants the High Court to unmask law enforcement agents behind her sensational abduction and torture in 2008 as she seeks to have her kidnappers and torturers brought to justice. ( Picture:Jestina Mukoko humiliated and refused medication during her unlawful detention)

Columns : Science and Technology Indaba

Google Gmail calls: calling time on the telephone?

Google Gmail calls: calling time on the telephone?

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

Google’s latest move is to integrate phone calls into email – Matt Warman says the days of everyone having several phone numbers could be numbered. Could Google's phone service make calling from a computer the new norm?

Columns : Religion/Spiritual

Robert Mugabe deploys security agents to Apostolic sect meetings

Thu, Sep 02, 2010

ZANU-PF has intensified its campaign on members of the Apostolic sect this time deploying officials from the Registrar General who are giving birth and national registration certificates at the church gatherings.

Youth should not be tools for violence, says Zimbabwe student leader

by ENI

Tue, Aug 31, 2010

Young people should not be used as tools for political violence in Southern Africa, says Innocent Kasiyano, coordinator of the Student Christian Movement of Zimbabwe - writes Munyaradzi Makoni.

News : Sports

Don't blame players for rotten state of game

Sun, Aug 29, 2010

No one should be surprised that players take dirty money from illegal bookmakers, given the game's administrators cuddle up to corruption.

Columns : Indaba Podcast

Audio tapes:Deputy PM Mutamabara London address to Zim Diaspora

by Oliver Farirayi

Mon, Jul 26, 2010

Below is the full audio recording of the Deputy Prime minister's speech and question and answer in London to Zimbabweans in Diaspora on 24/08/2010

Columns : Indaba Galleries

Zhing zhong news?

Zhing zhong news?

Fri, Aug 20, 2010

China's Xinhua News Agency has erected a giant screen in Harare's First Street. (NewsDay)

Gallery: Mugabe:30 years From  a pauper to a Billionaire - Zimbabwe from billions to poverty,disease,fear and hunger

Gallery: Swaziland royal sex scandal in pictures

Wed, Aug 11, 2010

A government minister in Swaziland has resigned amid rumours that he had an affair with one of the 14 wives of King Mswati III. Ndumiso Mamba, the justice minister and childhood friend of Mswati, stepped down as the sex scandal rocked the tiny African kingdom.A pro-democracy group, Swaziland Solidarity Network, alleged last week that Mamba had been having an affair with 23-year-old Inkhosikati LaDube, the 12th wife of the king.It has been claimed that LaDube wore an elaborate disguise so she could enjoy clandestine meetings with Mamba. The queen is said to have dressed in military fatigues to leave the royal palace without arousing suspicion.

UK Buses and coaches: Golden Oldies

UK Buses and coaches: Golden Oldies

Tue, Jul 27, 2010

Taking you back in time with all the buses that transported millions of Britons across the island

Deputy Prime minister Mutambara address to Zimbabweans in London

Deputy Prime minister Mutambara address to Zimbabweans in London

Tue, Jul 27, 2010

24 th August Address by Deputy Prime minister Mutambara. London UK

Columns : Indaba video files

VIDEO: Paraguayan footballer throttles referee in astonishing mid-match bust-up

Sat, Aug 07, 2010

Bedlam broke out mid-game in the Paraguayan Primera B when one player tried to strangle the referee.As local sides Rangers and Deportes Concepcíon battled it out, Rangers' Jose Perdroso felt more than a touch aggrieved when he was penalised for a violent challenge that proved enough to earn him his second yellow card.

Video: Vicious police chasing and manhandling a stroke victim

by Daily Mail

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

Two policemen were suspended after a disabled pensioner claimed he was left terrified by officers who smashed his car window after catching him driving without a seatbelt.When stroke victim Robert Whatley, 70, was pulled over in his Range Rover, he expected a brief discussion with the officers. But he claims he was forced to cover his face and was showered with glass as one officer jumped on to the bonnet and kicked his windscreen while another repeatedly attacked the window with a baton. The ensuing action was caught on film by a police camera placed on the patrol car's dashboard.

'Two men came to my hotel room and gave me dirty looking pebbles': Naomi Campbell tells war crimes tribunal

'Two men came to my hotel room and gave me dirty looking pebbles': Naomi Campbell tells war crimes tribunal

by Special correspondent

Thu, Aug 05, 2010

The British model, who lives in New York, gave cool and self-assured testimony after being summoned as a prosecution witness at a UN war crimes court in The Hague.

Lead Stories

Zimbabwe's Glass Factory Closes Shop

by Radio VOP

Sat, Sep 04, 2010

Harare, - Zimglass, a Gweru based glass manufacturing company has decided to close operations for six months in order to improve its machinerty, leaving hundreds of workers stranded.

Zimbabwe PM on prigilmage to Nigerian 'prophet'

by Staff reporter and agencies

Sat, Sep 04, 2010

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Richard Tsvangirai is in Nigeria to seek spiritual help at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), a competent source told Africa News on Thursday.

Zimbabwe Government Said to Seek Ban on Foreign Investment in Retail Sector

by VOA

Fri, Sep 03, 2010

The Zimbabwe government in conjunction with the National Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Board is said to be drafting legislation to block foreigners from investing in the retail sector.

'Al-Qaeda is racist' - Obama

Fri, Sep 03, 2010

Washington - US President Barack Obama warned Africans on Tuesday that groups like Al-Qaeda saw their "innocent" lives as cheap, in a personal challenge to extremists on the continent after the Uganda bombings.

Betha Madhomu:Zim deportations will 'endanger lives'

Fri, Sep 03, 2010

Cape Town - A human rights organisation has condemned the decision by South Africa to withdraw the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants, saying deportations would endanger their lives.

Zimbabwean tobacco crop doubles after years in the doldrums

Zimbabwean tobacco crop doubles after years in the doldrums

Fri, Sep 03, 2010

Harare - Zimbabwe's tobacco crop doubled in the last season to earn the country's stricken economy 347 million dollars, making a dramatic comeback after a decade of decline, industry officials said Friday.

Viideo:An open video to 'chicken' Mugabe

Viideo:An open video to 'chicken' Mugabe

Fri, Sep 03, 2010

SUPERNOVA: Freshlyground have collaborated with cartoonist Zapiro on the music video 'Chicken to Change' Picture: JONX PILLEMER The video, done in collaboration with the satirical Internet show ZA News, is the second for the seven-member band's album Radio Africa.

Zimbabwe's Biti Says Finance Position 'Very Trying'

Thu, Sep 02, 2010

(Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwe's financial position is still "very trying" and diamond sales this year will not ease pressure on the budget, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said.

ZANU-PF proxy businessmen circle around BP & Shell assets

Thu, Sep 02, 2010

HARARE - Oil major BP and Shell has narrowed down its Zimbabwean–asset buyers’ shortlist to six, amid reports that an Oliver Chidawu–led investment group is a frontrunner for the portfolio reports the Daily News.

Benjani slams money-hungry City stars

Thu, Sep 02, 2010

Blackburn striker Benjani Mwaruwari claims there is "no trust" at his old club Manchester City and that some of their players are motivated primarily by money.

Zimbabwe's Phone Companies Will Get $24 Million to Expand to Rural Areas

by Staff reporter and agencies

Thu, Sep 02, 2010

Zimbabwe’s telecommunications regulator will transfer $24 million to phone companies this year to extend services to rural areas.

Constitutional outreach cut short

by Zimonline

Thu, Sep 02, 2010

HARARE – Zimbabwe has cut short an exercise to solicit public views on a new governance charter because of funding problems, a special committee in charge of the constitutional reforms said on Wednesday.

Zimbabwe enjoys bumper tobacco season

Zimbabwe enjoys bumper tobacco season

Thu, Sep 02, 2010

Zimbabwe’s national tobacco crop has doubled this year, with smallholder growers celebrating a bumper season.

Zanu PF Torture Trial Postponed

Thu, Sep 02, 2010

The torture trial of a Norton MDC activist, that will see top ZANU PF officials face questioning, has been postponed until later this month.

Zimbabwe bush fires kill 10 people, 10 elephants

by Staff reporter and agencies

Wed, Sep 01, 2010

Harare, Zimbabwe - Widespread summer bush fires in Zimbabwe killed 10 people and 10 elephants recently, police said Wednesday.

FM Biti Says US$200 Million Needed for Zimbabwe's Next Elections

Wed, Sep 01, 2010

Zimbabwe will need about US$200 million to conduct elections which look likely next year, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said Tuesday.

Zimbabwe minister threatens to ban “interfering” NGOs

Wed, Sep 01, 2010

APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) A Zimbabwean cabinet minister has threatened to ban aid agencies that get involved in the country’s politics by openly taking sides in the long-running power struggles among the main parties, state television reports here Wednesday.

Zimbabwe to become biggest supplier of diamonds to Surat

by Staff reporter and agencies

Wed, Sep 01, 2010

SURAT: Zimbabwe is likely to become the biggest supplier of rough diamonds to the world's biggest diamond cutting and polishing centres in Surat. The diamond output from its Marange fields is expected to reach 40 million carats per annum in the next two years.

Kuwaza Named ZIMRA Chairman

Wed, Sep 01, 2010

Harare — Finance Minister Tendai Biti has announced Mr Charles Kuwaza's appointment as the new chairperson of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority board.

Man raped at gunpoint by three women

Wed, Sep 01, 2010

THREE women on Saturday abducted a 24-year-old Chinhoyi man at gunpoint and forced him to be intimate with two of them at a secluded spot on the town’s outskirts.

Scotland reverse decision to tour Zimbabwe

by Cricinfo

Tue, Aug 31, 2010

Scotland have reversed their decision to tour Zimbabwe for an Intercontinental Cup fixture in October, following advice from the Scottish government and ministers against visiting the country.

News : National News : Constitutional Indaba

Donors tell COPAC to get money from Russia and China

by NewsDay

Tue, Aug 31, 2010

The ongoing constitution-making process has been plunged into chaos with donors refusing to fund the additional 25 days of the outreach exercise after the expiry of the agreed 65-day period.

Learn from Kenyan experience: ZESN

by The Zimbabwean

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) says Zimbabwe should draw important lessons from Kenya’s peaceful and orderly constitution-making process which culminated in this month’s referendum that passed the country’s new charter.

MDC-T threatens ‘No Vote’ campaign

by NewsDay

Sun, Aug 29, 2010

MDC-T has threatened a “No Vote” campaign if the proposed constitution does not reflect the will of the people.

News : National News

Tsvangirai reshuffles

by NewsDay

Tue, Aug 31, 2010

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has ringed changes in his information department – both at his Munhumutapa Building government offices and at Harvest House, his political party’s headquarters in Harare.

Mugabe's bodyguard in sudden death

by The Zimbabwean

Tue, Aug 31, 2010

HARARE - One of Robert Mugabe's decorated bodyguards has died suddenly. Cain Chademana, a Senior Police Assistant Commissioner and one of Mugabe's most trusted guards died last Thursday after a shot illness.

Mutambara attacks Nkomo and Tsvangirai at Sibanda's burial

by Daily News

Tue, Aug 31, 2010

FILABUSI - There was drama at the burial of the late MDC deputy president Gibson Sibanda in Filabusi Sunday, when Deputy Prime minister Arthur Mutambara publicly challenged Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy President John Nkomo to explain why the government they lead was burying an exemplary hero of Sibanda’s stature at his rural home and not at the national heroes acre.

Zimbabwe Government Bans 'Offensive' Paintings

Zimbabwe Government Bans 'Offensive' Paintings

by VOA

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

In a rare act of censorship, Zimbabwe's inclusive government has banned artwork by Bulawayo-based artist Owen Maseko that depicts violent political upheavals more than 25 years ago.

Emotional Tsvangirai apologises at Sibanda burial speech

by Special correspondent

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has described the acrimonious split of the MDC in 2005 as the “saddest part of his political life” and offered apologies for badmouthing the late Gibson Sibanda, his former trade union colleague of 25 years.

News : Africa : Eastern and Central Africa

Gallery Pictures:Ageing president takes a tumble (Will you catch me if I fall?)

Gallery Pictures:Ageing president takes a tumble (Will you catch me if I fall?)

by Staff reporter and agencies

Wed, Jul 28, 2010

KAMPALA, UGANDA - President Robert Mugabe nearly collapsed on the stairs during the summit of African Union Heads of State in Kampala in Uganda's capital Kampala , on Tuesday.A grinning and embarrassed Mugabe was picked up by his aides who included his personal doctor.

News : National News : Parliament and Politics

Pressure group says SADC lacks credibility to monitor Zim elections

by SW radio

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

A UK based Zimbabwe pressure group, Communities Point (CP), has said the regional SADC bloc lacks the credibility to monitor elections in the country, which are due anytime after the drafting of a new constitution.

Mugabe being disingenuous on governors issue : PM

Mugabe being disingenuous on governors issue : PM

by Staff reporter and agencies

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said President Robert Mugabe is lying that principals have agreed to only get MDC governors sworn in only after western sanctions are removed.(Picture: Mugabe seems to be living in cuckoo land)

Gallery: Talking Point: Is Mugabe still in good shape to be president?

Gallery: Talking Point: Is Mugabe still in good shape to be president?

Fri, Aug 13, 2010

Mugabe is now shadow of the president who used to deliver thought - provoking speeches and would transcend all corners of the country with such enthusiasm and energy even his bodyguards struggled to keep up with his energetic and quick movements.

News : World news : UK and Europe

Blair secretly courted Mugabe to boost trade - Independent

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

LONDON - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair secretly courted Robert Mugabe in an effort to win lucrative trade deals for Britain, it has emerged in correspondence released to The Independent under the Freedom of Information Act reports the Independent, a leadind UK daily newspaper.

Students fuel 20 per cent immigration rise, Zimbabwe asylum cases drop

Fri, Aug 27, 2010

A surge in the number of foreign students studying in the UK helped drive up net migration by 20 per cent last year, official statistics show. University think tank million+ tells Channel 4 News of the £5.6bn "invisible" windfall foreign students bring to the UK.

News : Crime and Courts

Man sues MDC for US$330 000 over name

by The Chronicle

Sat, Aug 28, 2010

A MAN who claims he coined the name Movement for Democratic Change in 1999 wants those using that designation to pay him US$330 000 for his contribution.

Accused tried to bite policeman’s private parts

by The Chronicle

Sat, Aug 28, 2010

A BULAWAYO woman allegedly attempted to bite the private parts of a policeman who had come to her house to help resolve a dispute between her and her tenant, a city magistrate heard yesterday.

News : Africa : Southern Africa

Mugabe must go - Malema

Mugabe must go - Malema

by Staff reporter and agencies

Sat, Aug 28, 2010

ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema said on Friday that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe must step down.

Malema: 'We'll take land, determine price'

Malema: 'We'll take land, determine price'

Fri, Aug 27, 2010

Landowners who refuse amounts offered during expropriation should have their land taken away with no payment, says ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.

Columns : Lifestyle Love & Sex

Criticism, praise for Zim teen-sex move

by SAPA

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

Zimbabwe's government has been forced to fend off charges that it is encouraging teenage sex by deciding to grant parental leave to pregnant schoolgirls and soon-to-be dads.

One in four lap dancers has a university degree

One in four lap dancers has a university degree

by Daily Mail

Fri, Aug 27, 2010

They are traditionally viewed as uneducated young women who are coerced into the lap dancing industry.